The Femme Music Podcast by Mel Lathouras

Award-winning Jazz Singer, Songwriter, Educator and Entrepreneur Sharny Russell is lovingly regarded as our Jazz Mumma here in Brisbane and on the entire East Coast of Australia. She is the epitome of a Fearless Singer in every sense of the term. Despite being told that she would never sing again after a horrific car accident, Sharny has gone on to have a celebrated career as a singer, an ABC recording artist, an APRA award winner and an educator at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and the Jazz Music Institute (JMI).

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In this episode, Bernie speaks candidly about turning 60 and realising that her dreams of performing and living a full-time creative life would not happen without her taking some kind of plunge.

Living in New York for several years, Bernie and her partner returned to Brisbane in the wake of Covid.

It was then that Bernie realised she was at crossroads. She could continue along the path she was going or start working towards her creative aspirations.

Now, Bernie is a Fearless Singer Jazz Club member, has sung at the Jazz Music Institute and other jams and is working towards her one-woman show. She also writes for publications.

Bernie's other aspiration is to gain a full motorbike license to scoot a Vespa around West End, which makes an incredibly hilarious story – even though it was traumatic for her at the time. It's well worth the listen!

Without further ado, please meet the Fearless Bernie.

P.S I'm sorry, I get a little bit sweary in this hence the explicit content. I will endeavour not to swear in the future.

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In this episode, I share with you how my fear of dancing and being a part of the iconic Brisbane Powerhouse show Women In Voice gave me a good old dose of it. It felt real and downright disempowering however, I got through it with some metacognitive questioning and the powerful self-healing modality Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Tapping).

If this resonates with you, please let me know! I love to hear from you. Also, I have a free tapping series on my website to help with the fear of singing in front of others. ❤️‍🔥🎵 You can get it here: https://bit.ly/Release_FearlessSinger

In this episode, Fearless Singer Mel Lathouras talks about how the emotion of shame can manifest in so many ways in relation to our singing and performing and often stops us from doing so. She gives examples from her own singing and performing practice as well as what she encounters from students. This episode gives strategies on how to clear this from our psyche so we can get on with doing what we love - singing!

A journey from London Boy Singers to Soul Jazz - guitarist Harvey Blues has followed the call to make music his life's work.

A punk at heart, Harvey taught himself the Blues as a 14-year-old, was a full-time gigging musician in London in his early 20s to starting over again in Australia in his 30s. After sustaining an injury from factory work in Australia, Harvey made the life-changing decision to make music his full-time gig. He has nearly completed his jazz degree, going to Uni for the first time in his early 50s, performs regularly with the iconic blues band - Blues Arcadia and now has his soul jazz band - Harvey Blues and the Keitels - playing at all the hippest venues in Brisbane.

Harvey LOVES singers and regularly co-teaches with me in the Fearless Singer Jazz Club course. Speaking of which, we kick off Round 2 next Wednesday, 3 August 2022, at 8 pm. If you want to learn SIX jazz standards in a fun, supportive community over six live classes, enrol here: https://bit.ly/FSJazzClub

In this Fearless Singer episode, we hear from Greek Singer, Ellinikes Fones Co-Founder and Music Therapist Katerini Manolatos. We discover where her love for music and singing came from as well as her journey from singing classical repertoire to singing and performing Greek music. She shares about her experience as a music therapist and how singing can enhance our lives and how it can connect us with a community. I know you will love her as much as I do!

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In this episode, Fearless Singer Mel Lathouras talks about how when we align with service as singers, no matter what our ability level is, it switches off our critical mind. It doesn't matter if you are a shower singer or perform to the public, we are putting good energy out to the world and changing lives in the process.

In this episode, I talk about how our greatest singing teachers are often our favourite singers! The best part is that we can dive into the treasure trove of their teaching by listening to their recordings. If you want to learn to sing jazz, start by listening to Ella Fitzgerald.

This idea was inspired by Cardi B who said if we want to be successful we need to "watch the recipe" of successful people. This same principle can be applied to singing.

Access the replay to the 'Hip Like Ella: An Introduction to Jazz Singing' Workshop is here. It's free!